Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peter Archer says the Concorde at Duxford was important for helping the first commercial flight [Dave Webster/BBC] A Concorde test ...

On November 26, 2003, supersonic airplane Concorde made its last flight, returning to the airfield near Bristol, in southwest England, where it’s remained since. As this marvel of modern engineering ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and ...

Comparing the Boom Overture to Concorde and its commercial viability.

When a plane like the Concorde Jet is ahead of its time and doesn't ultimately last, it's more than simply a defunct project, it's a failed promise of the future, of what could have been. There was ...

Concorde flight engineer Warren Hazelby gets chills recalling his first supersonic flight from London to New York in 2002. Hazelby remembers stepping onto the flight deck and taking it all in. The ...

BA and Air France both operated one more Concorde than they had intended due to aircraft being built for other customers, but not delivered.

(CNN) — On January 21, 1976 a teenage John Tye was among crowds of onlookers clinging to a chain link fence, cheering as the first commercial British Airways Concorde flight departed from London’s ...

A set of stamps has been released to mark the 50th anniversary of the first commercial Concorde flights. Royal Mail has produced 12 stamps which it said paid tribute to the supersonic aircraft's ...

I remember somebody shouting: “There it is, there’s the aircraft!” I was so excited just to see it, I took a picture straight away, and then thought, “hold on, I’ve got to wait until it’s over the ...